“An island of land.” Humanitarian trucks piled up on Egypt’s border with Gaza

2024-02-25T20:42:53.829Z

Highlights: Two thousand trucks are piled up in front of them, with starving people across the border. Egypt blames the occupation for fear of bombing aid, while voices are rising that a stronger stance would force Israel to retreat. Besieged Gaza appears like an island of land, while the scene of piled-up trucks represents an Arab and humanitarian image of helplessness, at best, in a war the horror of which the world has not known in its modern history. The images were obtained by Al Jazeera from a journalist Fatima Al-Triki.

A few meters separate life and death at the Rafah border crossing, where, according to recent photos obtained by Al Jazeera, two thousand trucks are piled up in front of them, with starving people across the border in front of them.